autumnus

Latin noun

Last edited: 2024-11-25
Primary meaning autumn
Literal translation autumn
Variants
autumnus
Edited by
autumn season, time interval

una dies sub utroque aequat sibi tempore noctem, dum Libra atque Aries autumnum verque figurant;

‘One day alone at either season makes equal to itself the night, while the Scales and Ram are shaping autumn and spring;’

— Manilius, Astronomica 3.671 f

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 216-217

Cite this entry
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnus (Lemma #2407). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2407/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnus (Lemma #2407). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2407/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). autumnus (Lemma #2407). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2407/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) autumnus (Lemma #2407), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2407/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac2407,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {autumnus ({Lemma} #2407)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2407/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2407/},
}